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History
The Mitch Mathews Award for best new Australian play was given annually by a Melbourne group, Parnassus Den Productions, which staged readings of new Australian plays each week.
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Named in honour of Australian stage actor, Mitch Mathews. Mathews was involved in all aspects of theatre life and spent her final years working with Parnassus Den in Sydney. The Award was first offered in 2005.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2006
winner Renaissance 2005 single work drama A man is dying and da Vinci is passionately drawing. He wants the man's body for anatomical dissection. His work is believed to be that of the devil and he is charged with a crime against humanity and the soul of man. Passion and outrage collide. Three people shall become da Vinci's future: a 100-year-old man who counts every breath, a restive priest fighting for his own morality, and a woman who shall become forever famous. Whilst set in 16th century Italy, the themes explored in Renaissance are as eternal as the smile on the face of La Giaconda: the rise of fundamentalism as a reaction to the modern/feminist disposition and its need to control women; medical ethics, the oppression of free thought and the place, purpose and importance of the artist.' Source:http://www.theprogram.net.au/giveawaysSub.asp?id=849&state_id= (Sighted 02/11/2206). -
Year: 2005
inaugural winner The Department Store 2003 single work drama
